Posted by MikeT23 on 12/6/2016 5:36:00 PM (view original):
So, if you're in the Hall of Fame, you're in the Hall of Fame, right? I mean, is there like the huge HOF for some players and a little shack out back for other players? Or are they all in the same building?
If so, you can pick your HOFers to compare players to and say "That's the standard" but I'll look at ALL HALL OF FAMERS and say "No, that's the standard." Because I'm right.
Yes, the standard is all Hall of Famers, that is correct.
I took a sample of middle of the pack Hall of Famers that profiled similarly to Sheffield.
I did that because no one would look like a Hall of Famer compared to the best outfielder in the Hall, and it wouldn't be honest to make an argument like, "Sheff is way better than Jim Rice, he should be a unanimous lock."
We can do it your way and use averages of all RF Hall of Famers.
AvgRFHoF.......Sheffield
9455 PA..............10947
8303 AB................9217
435 2b....................467
254 HR...................509
228 SB....................253
.312 BA...................292
.375 OBP.................393
.487 SLG.................514
137 OPS+...............140
Yep, looks like he belongs.